SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Armed gunmen hijacked a Japanese freighter and its 23-member crew off the coast of Somalia, South Korean officials said Sunday. Somalia, which has had no functioning government since 1991, is the world's top piracy hotspot. Also a Russian patrol ship was able to thwart a hijack attempt on a Saudi Arabian vessel, a spokesman said Sunday. The 20,000-ton Japanese cargo ship was seized 96 miles (154 km) east of the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, the South Korean news agency Yonhap said, quoting the country's foreign ministry. Among the crew members, five are South Korean and 18 are from the Philippines, the ministry said.

The spokesman said the

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- Aden ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- CNN ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- Filipinos ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- Gulf of Aden ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- Japanese ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- Philippines ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- Russian ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- S. Korea ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- SEOUL ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- Saudi Arabian ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- Somalia ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- South Korea ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- South Korean ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- South Koreans ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
- Yonhap ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.
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Russian ship was escorting a convoy when a Saudi ship in the convoy was attacked by gunmen on speed boats.


(CNN) -- For the hotel doorman who greeted me on arrival in Kiev this week, the rain storms that have hit the Ukrainian capital served as a metaphor for a different sort of turbulence. "All of this will pass on the 25th" he said, referring to Sunday's presidential election. For someone who knows that even restoring some of the basic functions of government is going to be a challenge, the idea that a new president will be able to change the weather was a form of black humor. Barring a major upset, the task of banishing the storm clouds and restoring normality after the tumultuous events of the last seven months will fall to Petro Poroshenko, the veteran insider who won national approval by becoming the only oligarch to support the Maidan protest movement that overthrew Viktor Yanukovych earlier this year.

None of the efforts to promote greater national cohesion will get very far unless

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- CNN can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
- David Clark can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
- Kiev can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
- Maidan can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
- Petro Poroshenko can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
- Russia can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
- Ukraine can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
- Ukrainian can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
- Viktor Yanukovych can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.
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Petro Poroshenko can find a way to turn around an economy projected to shrink by 5% this year.


By Graham Johnson And Jonathan Petre Whistleblower: Former matron Lynn Smith leaked an email from previous employers Stowe School A former matron has been left jobless after revealing that a prestigious private school ran out of ‘morning after’ pills. Lynn Smith had been due to start work at the Royal Ballet School later this year – but last week it withdrew its job offer. Mrs Smith leaked an email from her previous employers, Stowe School, which was published in The Mail on Sunday last week. It detailed the ‘great concern’ staff had over pupils having sex in the £33,000-a-year school’s boarding houses.

Its human resources department had been in touch with

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- Graham Johnson's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- Jonathan Petre's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- London's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- Lynn Smith's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- Lynne Smith's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- MoS's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- Royal Ballet School's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- Smith's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- Stowe School's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
- The Mail on Sunday's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references
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Stowe School's HR staff as part of 'normal' checks on references